By: Thomas Suddes| Here, schematically, is a Capitol Square fight card: About 3.5 million Ohio customers of FirstEnergy and American Electric Power vs. roughly 30 top-shelf Statehouse lobbyists that the utilities employ in Columbus, some connected to Gov. John Kasich’s

By: Dan Gearino| Ohio utility regulators have begun looking into whether companies that resell utilities in apartments and condominiums should be treated as utilities. They are asking for interested parties to answer a few questions. The Public Utilities Commission of

By: Steve Daniels | Commonwealth Edison will charge you less next year to deliver your electricity. No, you’re not reading the Onion. The Illinois Commerce Commission today approved a $67 million rate decrease, $17 million more than the $50 million

By: James Osborne | A top staffer at the Texas Public Utility Commission recommended Wednesday rejecting Dallas billionaire Ray L. Hunt’s proposed takeover of Oncor, arguing it enriches investors at the expense of Texas consumers. Darryl Tietjen, director of the

By: James Osborne | An all-consuming 19-month court fight with its creditors now all but over, the stage is set for cash-strapped Texas power giant Energy Future Holdings to exit bankruptcy court in the spring. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi

By: James Osborne | Fears that Texas might not have enough electricity in the years ahead have all but been extinguished by a flood of new gas turbines and solar and wind farms, the state’s grid operator said Tuesday. In